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06 February 2013
The General Medical Council has made the following statement in response to the publication of Robert Francis’s report into the failings at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust:
31 January 2013
New guidance on how the General Medical Council (GMC) deals with complaints against doctors who may have helped patients commit suicide has been published today.
31 January 2013
New guidance for doctors on how to prescribe medicine safely has been issued by the General Medical Council (GMC) today.
21 December 2012
Niall Dickson, Chief Executive of the General Medical Council, said:
18 December 2012
Professor Sir Peter Rubin, Chair of the General Medical Council (GMC), became the first doctor to revalidate today.
10 December 2012
For the first time doctors who are worried about patient safety will be able to contact the General Medical Council (GMC) through a new confidential helpline.
05 December 2012
For the second year in a row newly qualified doctors and those in training will benefit from a GMC fee cut.
03 December 2012
In its annual accountability report on the General Medical Council the Health Select Committee has described the GMC as an ‘effective’ organisation.
03 December 2012
Radical changes to the way doctors are checked to ensure they are safe to treat patients came into force today.